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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 1929.
BOARDMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brown enter
tained a few friends at cards on
Friday evening at their home. 800
was played at three tables, followed
by a dainty luncheon. Guests were
Messrs. and Mesdames Lee Mead,
J. F. Gorham, Brice Dillabough, D.
F. Ransier, Royal Rands.
A number of Boardman fight fans
drove to Umatilla Wednesday night
to attend the smoker.
Ray Browns have purchased a
new Star sedan.
Glen Hadley went to Hardman on
Thursday. He has been under the
weather and thought a trip to the
mountains would help him recover
moie quickly. He has been fighting
flu for some time. He returned on
Saturday.
The Shriners' dance given at
Umatilla Saturday night was well
attended. Proceeds are to go to
the Shrine hospital in Portland.
Many purchased tickets who did
not attend. Boardman was well rep
resented at the affair.
Boardman played Lexington Fri
day night on the local floor. The
game was a fast and interesting
one and Boardman won 17 to 9. This
was the second league game of the
season. After the game the local
high school students entertained
the Lexington rooters at a pleasant
dancing party in the auditorium.
Miss Henry, Eldon Wilson, Nate
Macomber and Victor Hango pro
vided the music. Later refresh-
ments were served by the Board
man girls.
Robert Partlow was over Sunday
from lone. His grandmother, Mrs.
Ellen Partlow is very low and has
been unable to take any nourish
ment for some time. She has been
living at lone this winter with her
grandson Robert His sister Betty
Harwood has gone back to her
home in Bellingham.
The Adventists have been holding
a series of meetings at their church
with interesting talks by Elder
Dewey Payne who has been in
charge of the local Adventist
church for the past several months.
Boardman played a practice game
with Umatilla Tuesday evening here
with a 19-14 score in Boardman's
favor. The home team was not so
successful in their practice game
with Stanfield last Saturday night
as they were defeated 12-14.
Beatrice Weed returned to her
home in Condon Friday after three
days visit with her aunt, Mrs. Rob
ert Wilson.
Clarence Berger took his son
Richard to Hermiston last week
where he had the cast removed.
Richard was hurt in November and
has been in a cast extending from
his waist to his toes to permit his
hip joint to knit properly, as one
of the bones was broken at that
time.
Mrs. W. H. Mefford came home
Sunday from a week's visit with her
daughter Mrs. Albert Macomber at
Condon. Mrs. Mefford and children
drove up Sunday to get her.
A number of local Grangers mo
tored to Irrigon Wednesday evening
when a joint installation was held
for officers of Irrigon and Board
man Granges. C. H. Dillabough was
the installing officer. Boardman of
ficers installed were: Master, Geo.
Wicklander; Overseer, Lee Mead;
Lecturer, Mrs. L. Root; Treasurer,
L. V. Root; Chaplain, Mrs. Geo.
Wicklander; Steward, Dan Ransier;
Assistant Steward, John Brice; Gate
Keeper, Claude Myers; Secretary,
Mrs. Brice Dillabough; Lady Assist
ant, Mrs. Glen Mackan; Ceres, Mrs.
Robert Mitchell; Pomona, Mrs. A.
J. Chaffee, Flora, Mrs. Ransier. Af
ter the business session the Irrigon
folks served a marvelous lunch and
then dancing was enjoyed until a
late hour. Going from Boadman
were Messrs. and Mesdames Claude
Myers, Ray Brown, Glen Machan,
I. Skoubo, Geo. Wicklander, Dan
Ransier, John Brice, Mrs. Brice
Dillabough, Mrs. Ed Kunze, C. H.
Dillabough and Chas. Wicklander.
Mrs. H. H. Weston is convalesc
ing after a bad attack of flu which
she contracted while visiting her
daughter Mrs. M. L. Morgan in
Portland. After spending several
days in bed she was up and about
and suffered a relapse. When she
improved she came home and was
again forced to return to her bed
but after a long siege she is slowly
improving.
Walter Knauff and family expect
to leave as soon as the weather
warms up for their new home six
miles east of La Grande. They trad
ed their ranch here for 240 acres of
land up there. This is a stock ranch
with some alfalfa.
C. S. Calkins is driving a new
Essex coach.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Uthey have
returned to Yakima after spending
some time with the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Olson.
Dallas Wilson had a painful ac
cident last week when he fell on the
ice while playing "crack the whip."
He cut his lip badly and broke one
of his front teeth.
Father Brady of Heppner visited
at the Slevin home Saturday.
Due to the efforts of friends who
carefully nursed them both day and
night, the Hereim family are all
convalescing from the flu. The en
tire family was ill at once, Mr.
Hereim suffering a relapse that
proved to be quite serious, and the
other three members also were in
bed at the same time. Friends were
unfailingly kind as it was an utter
impossibility to employ help, but
various ones took turns caring for
them; others sent delicacies, and
other friends did the washing. This
incident is typical of the many sim
ilar occurrences of the kindness and
thoughtfulness of Boardman peo
ple. "Our Awful Aunt" is the title of
the play being prepared to be pre
sented early in February for the
benefit of the cemetery association.
It is a comdy with many laughs and
will no doubt equal the home talent
plays that are given here, which ara
always enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Smith were en
tertained at a lovely turkey dinner
on Sunday at the J. F. Gorham
home. Mr. Gorham's birthday Is on
the 19th and Mrs. Smith's on the
22nd,
Wheat Improvement Program for Pacific North
west as Recommended by the Pacific Northwest
Wheat Conference Held at Pullman, December 1 4
The most important agricultural
crop in the Pacific Northwest is
wheat Problems in wheat produc
tion and handling differ from those
of any other wheat-producing sec
tion of the United States. Climate,
soil and altitude ranges are greater;
our market demands white varieties
and a considerable portion of our
crop is exported as either wheat or
flour. Few other places in the coun
try are succeeding with the variet
ies and production methods that are
most important in this region. Ex
perience has proved the Pacific
Northwest cannot use varieties and
production methods of the other
large wheat growing areas.
The Pacific Northwest states are
large in area, thinly populated and
in addition, a large percent of their
area is occupied by public lands
under the control of the Federal
government These lands yield no
funds for agricultural experimental
work. These states have practical
ly reached their limit in providing
further funds for this type of work.
Existing experiment station facil
ities in the states of the Pacific
Northwest provide sufficient lands
and buildings and a considerable
portion of the equipment so that no
additional federal appropriation is
necessary for new experiment stations.
Many of the present stations
have land and other facilities but
insufficient technical assistance to
properly carry on all the needed
work and get the resulst before the
public. A strong federal program
will coordinate the work in devel
oping certain phases at stations
best suited to them and in avoid
ing unnecessary duplication.
We desire that a strong regional
program be developed by the De
partment of Agriculture in the Pa
cific Northwest under competent
wheat leadership in cooperation
with the existing experimental sta
tions and other agencies in the re
spective states.
Although creditable and valuable
economic results are being secured
by present experimental work and
the results are being rapidly adopt
ed by wheat farmers; new problems
are arising much more rapidly than
then can be solved with present fa
cilities. Further expansion or elab
oration of present work and attack
of new problems in the improve
ment of existing methods and var
ieties is dependent upon the in
creased funds and man power and
upon closer cooperation and united
action of the forces now working
upon wheat
A comprehensive wheat improve
ment program for the Pacific North
west must necessarily take into con
sideration problems of production
disease control and handling and
utilization of the crop.
Similar programs have been init
iated for the expansion of experi
mental work in the Hard Red
spring and Hard Red Winter wheat
states. We recognize the need for
an enlarged program in these areas
and consider the wheat improve
ment program for the Pacific North
west of equal importance in a na
tional plan for wheat improvement
We feel that this national pro
gram is in harmony with the ex
pression of President Calvin Cool-
idge in his message to Congress of
December 4, 1928, in which he says
in part:
"I cannot too strongly commend
in the fields of fact finding the re
search work of the Department of
Agriculture and the state experi
mental stations. The program
of support for research may wisely
be continued and expanded."
With this in mind, the following
items are proposed:
Milling and Baking and Related
Work. Over 100,000,000 bushels of
wheat are marketed in the Pacific
northwest and farmers get little of
the values for premium high and
low protein wheat because there has
been practically no experimental
work upon it Protein experiment
al work in relation to commercial
varieties, producing regions and
conditions may be of value to farm
ers and millers. Milling and baking
data will be useful not only in de
termining values to farmers and
dealers but will undoubtedly be
helpful to millers and bakers in
mnaufacture and utilization of
flour. There is much to be deter
mined in gluton quality, starch val
ue and vitamin content or our
wheats.
Milling and baking and protein
data will be useful in determining
the value of new hybrids and va
rieties developed, will determine the
meritorious ones and prevent dis
tribution of the less valuable ones
The problem involves both high and
low protein wheats and best utili
zation of old and new varieties.
Improvement in Breeding. Dis
ease resistance, especially smut re
sistance is a major breeding prob
lem. Smut losses by machine fires,
yield production, discounts and
cleaning charges cause an annual
loss in the three northwest states
of three million dollars. Losses
from foot rot, rust, mildew, wheat
scab, ergot and other troubles are
estimated to reach not less than
one million dollars a year. These
serious disease problems may be at
tacked by disease studies and by
breeding methods.
Breeding work will develop va
rieties better suited to many wheat
areas and may make them more
pofltable. Few varieties have a,
very wide adaptation. Several new
ones are needed to be best suited
to various conditions and to the
Pacific Northwestern market de
mands. The best market wheats are
white. The best agronomic varieties
in some cases are red.
With altitude ranges of from sea
level to six thousand feet, rainfall
from seven to forty-five inches
year, growing season from fifty to
over one hundred and twenty days,
minimum temperatures from freez
ing to forty below zero, maximum
temperatures from around seventy
to over one hundred and ten de
grees, where wheat is being com
mercially produced, the need for
breeding for regional suitability as
well as market demands can read
ily be seen.
Non shattering, hail resistance,
with suitable straw length to meet
harvest conditions, resistance to
winter injury, varieties to escape
summer frost damage, high weight
per bushel, kernel plumpness and
other agronomic improvements are
subjects for further work.
Seed Improvement Studies. Mo
torized threshing machines have un
doubtedly increased seed injury and
present new problems. There is
still much experimental need for
seed treatment to devise better
methods as well as to disprove new
and rejuvenated fakes. With four
to six million bushels of seed wheat
annually used and with frequent
reseeding necessary, investigational
work to determine the best type of
seed, the best way to treat it and
the things that result in stand fail
ure has real economic value. Seed
stimulation, seed vigor in relation
to conditions where it was produc
ed, frost sprouting injury, etc.,
growing single and mixed varieties
are problems for study.
Yield and Quality Improvement
Extension of tillage work to cover
new methods, new localities and
new machines; utilization for resi
due, seed bed preparation, moisture
conservation, lowering tillage costs,
enlarging the per man output, grow
ing crop cultivation, growing plant
nutrition studies are included in
this item.
Grain Harvest and Handling Stu
dies. Entrance of the combine in
to new areas, and new types of com
bines present new problems in grain
handling, weed seed distribution
and disposition, and in straw dis
position and utilization. There are
important studies needed in smut
dust collection at the thresher,
wheat handling at farm and coun
try shipping points including farm
storage, farm and country point
grain cleaning, washing and condi
tioning. There is much needed
work on the relation of moisture
content and value of northwestern
wheat
Insect Control. The most serious
losses are from false wireworms
and possible true wireworms. This
los3 is second only to smut Life
histories are not worked out. No
successful control methods are
available. There is a possibility of
poisoning adults. Losses continue
year after year. Wheat stem worm
and wheat joint worm cause ser
ious losses occasionally. The Hes
sian fly is serious in the coast areas.
There is little worked out to control
occasional serious outbreaks of
grasshoppers and aphids. There
are serious stored grain and flour
mill insects that are difficult to con
trol in low temperature areas.
Summarizing the above as fol
lows: 1. Milling and baking $ 20,000
2. Wheat Improvement by
breeding 50,000
3. Seed improvement studies 15,000
4. Improvement of yield and
quality through better
growing methods 15,000
5. Studies of improvement
of harvest and handling
methods 25,000
5. Improvement through in
sect control work 20,000
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At Gunten. (iermanv. a mrmns fral
uj naiuic is u natural artesian well
in the heart of a tree. Twenty yean
ago a farmer dug a well and made a
pipe out of a young poplar tree, with
this result
about eight inches in this vicinity.
The ranchers are more than thank
ful for it, providing it will help pre
serve the wheat and bring a bump
er crop.
G. L. Bennett who has been suf
fering from pneumonia is very
much improved.
Everybody is invited to attend a
rabbit drive held Sunday at Sand
Hollow. Meet at the Kilkenny
ranch 2 miles north of Alipne school
house. It is planned that they will
meet at 10 o'clock. Coffee and
Sandwiches will be served at noon
or shortly after. There will be va
rious bonfires around on the ground
so if you can't keep warm chasing
rabbits you can warm yourselt by
the fires. Everybody come and
bring a club. Tell everybody you
see to come and bring a club.
Mr. and Mrs. Irl Clary entertain
ed on Tuesday evening Willard
Hawley, formerly of Grand Valley,
Oregon, also Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Schmidt and son Alfred, Mrs. Anna
Heiny and Mike Sepanek.
NOTICE OF SALE OF ANIMAL.
Notice is hereby given that un
der and by virtue of the laws of
the State of Oregon, the undersign
ed has taken up the hereinafter de
scribed animal found running at
large on his premises in Morrow
county. State of Oregon, and that
he will on Saturday, the 9th day of
February, 1929, at the hour of 10
o'clock in the forenoon of said day,
at the Barney Doherty place in
Sand Hollow, offer for sale at pub
lic auction and sell to the highest
bidder for cash in hand, the said
animal, unless the same shall have
been redeemed by the owner there
of. Said animal is described as fel
lows:
One black mare, wegiht about
1500 pounds; two white hind feet;
blotch brand on right shoulder.
WM. J. DOHERTY,
Lexington, Oregon.
Cummings & Witcraft
U. S. I BATTERY SALES
Complete Battery Service
Recharge Rental Repair
Satisfaction Guaranteed
$145,000
Signed:
Walter Robinson (farmer) Pullman,
Wash., Chairman.
Houston McCroskey (farmer) Gar
field, Wash.
Harry Goldsworthy (farmer and
legislator) Rosalia, Wash.
F. L. Kennard (Washburn-Wilson
Seed Co.) Moscow, Ida.
Theodore Koster (farmer) Moscow,
Ida.
John Withycombe (farmer) Arling
ton, Ore.
Roy W. Ritner (farmer) Pendleton,
Ore.
James K, Hill (farmer) Pendleton,
Ore.
H. A. Martin, (Kerr Gifford Co.,
grain exporter) Portrland, Ore.
Committee on Program.
Approved unanimously by the Pa
iflc Northwest Wheat Improvement
conference, Pullman, Washington,
December 14, 1928.
ALPINE.
By Gertrude E. Tichenor
Following three weeks of serious
illneess Miss Ruth Bennett was able
to return to school and her studies
on Monday.
Edmund Hlrl, John Doherty and
the Misses Bernice and Betty Se
panek went to Umatilla on Satur
day night to attend the evening per
formance given at the grand open
ing of the Umatilla high school
gymnasium. They report that the
music and entertainment was ex
ceptionally good.
Church services were held at Al
pine on Sunday, a good crowd being
in attendance. Services next Sun
day will be held at Pine City. Mil
ton W. Bower will have charge and
everybody is welcome.
Mrs. Anna Heiny, Mr. and Mrs.
Irl Clary and son Irl, Jr., and
daughter Mildred were Sunday eve
ning guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Flnley.
Mrs. Mike Sepanek and daughters
Bernice and Betty were Heppner
visitors on Saturday.
Mrs. George Lambrith left Wed
nesday to visit at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Schulter of Hold
man. William Doherty was a Heppner
visitor on Saturday.
Miss Bernice Sepanek was a guest
of Msis Celatha Lambirth over Sun
day night
Miss Margaret Herndon, former
ly of Portland, is employed as
housekeeper at the West Camp
ranch.
Mrs. G. L. Bennett and son Merle
were business visitors in Hermiston
and Echo on Monday.
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We are headquarters for all dependable
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Yards at Heppner, Lexington and lone
Electricity is not mere
ly a business enterprise
not merely a money
making undertaking.
It is much more and
much greater than eith
er or both of these. It
is a public trust, sta
bilizing the whole social
structuie by making
possible better stand
ards of living and pro
duction, and greater
freedom from unequal
distribution.
One doesn't have to be a patriarch
to recall the lighting fixtures of yes
teryear the combination device
which made It possible to use gas
if at any time the electric lights
"went off."
Within the memory of many pres
ent day industrial workers also is
the recollection of the steam plant
which was always kept in repair as
a standby should the electric power
fail.
Gone are these emergency appli
ances. Over night, almost, electric
service has become developd to a
point where an adequate and unin
terrupted supply Is taken for grant
ed. The rapidity of this development
and the universal benefit it has con
ferred, have been due primarily to
the courage, initiative and prophet
ic vision which have, marked the
management of the country's light
and power companies.
Under the sound business adminis
tration of these companies, unfal
tering service is not only available
to everyone at all times and for all
purposes, but the cost of this service
has steadily been reduced.
In the hands of these companies the
public is assured a continuous ex
pansion of electrical service to meet
the needs of our national develop
ment and at decreasing rates as
more current is used.
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And is wasn't this first thousand
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ly on the road to financial success.
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HEPPNER, OREGON
Safety, silence and
simplicity are features
of the new Ford
six-brake system
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ONE of the first things you
will notice when you drive
the new Ford is the quick,
effective, silent action of its
six-brake system.
This system gives yon the
highest degree of safety and
reliability because the four
wheel service brakes and the
separate emergency or park
ing brakes are all of the
mechanical, internal ex
panding type, with braking
surfaces fully enclosed for
protection against mud,
water, sand, etc.
The many advantages of
this type of braking system
have long been recognized.
They are brought to you in
the new Ford through a
series of mechanical im
provements embodying
much that is new in design
and manufacture. A particu
larly unique feature is the
simple way by which a spe
cial drum has been con
structed to permit the use of
two sets of internal brakes
on the rear wheels.
A further improvement
in braking performance is
effected by the self-centering
feature of the four
wheel brakes an
exclusive Ford de
velopment. Through
this construction, the entire
surface of the shoe is
brought in steady, uniform
contact with the drum the
instant you press your foot
on the brake pedal. This
prevents screeching and
. howling and makes the Ford
brakes unuBunlly silent in
operation.
Another feature of the
Ford brakes is the ease of
adjustment.
The four-wheel brakes
are adjusted by turning a
screw conveniently located
on the outaide of each brake
plate. This screw is so
notched that all four brakes
can be set alike simply by
listening to the "clicks."
The emergency or park
ing brakes on the new Ford
require little attention. How
ever, should they need ad
justment at any time, con
sult your Ford dealer for
prompt, courteous, and eco
nomical service. He works
under close factory super
vision and he has been spe
cially trained and equipped
to help you get the greatest
possible use from your car
over the longest period
of time at a mini
mum of trouble and
expense.
Ford Motor Company